5 ways to show your skin some love

Our super simple guide to men’s skincare this season

Twice as good: Let L’Occitane’s Cade Body and Hair Shower Gel (Rs 1,150 / 250 ml) find a firm place in your gym bag. This gel is enriched with the goodness of cade oil and Quinquina, which thoroughly stimulates your skin. It also doubles up as a shampoo that leaves your hair soft and shiny. Just what you need to look recharged after a grueling workout.

Heavy fuel: Your skin starts feeling the effects of winter even before the chill sets in. So you might want to get your hands on the L’Occitane Verdon Energy Moisturizer (Rs 2,100 / 40 ml). The peppermint oil-infused gel gives your skin a healthy boost. PS: Be ready to have a permanent glow on your face (without the excess shine) thanks to the moisturizer’s mattifying action.

Plush ride: If your skin is more sensitive than your girlfriend’s, you need a shaving gel that smoothens razor glide, like Nivea Extra Moisture Gel (Rs 249 / 200 ml). Armed with an impressive mix of aloe vera, vitamins and active moisturizers, you can bid dry skin goodbye. Plus, the gel’s ultra glide technology will ensure you never have to deal with irritations and micro cuts. Win-win.

Healing touch: Boys don’t (usually) cry, but those nicks and burns can hurt especially when you rush through your shaving routine. Unless you have Nivea’s Replenishing Post Shave (Rs 199 / 100 ml) sitting handy in your bathroom cabinet. This miracle worker doesn’t just heal your skin with its calming formula, but also leaves it revitalized.

Happy hour: Images of a Saturday night binge drinking session might seem like a distant memory on a Monday morning. Not if you can pop a beer in your bathroom. Except this one’s a beer-infused aftershave that you, sadly, can’t drink. Following the same formula that beer helps condition your hair, the Manufaktura Beer aftershave balm (`799 / 160 ml) conditions your skin. The secret? A heady combination of hope extracts, Czech beer and Vitamin B. And that bittersweet odour is a bonus.